Meet the Characters from Private Practice

With the roll out of Season 4 of Private Practice on ABC, the characters in the medical drama series have become a hot top for discussion among TV freaks. To much credit, the series is also a spin off of Grey’s Anatomy.


The story of private Practice centers on the life of Dr. Addison Montgomery, played by Kate Walsh. The series follows as she leaves Seattle Grace Hospital to start a private practice in Los Angeles. Colleagues include her divorced medical-school friends Naomi and Sam Bennett, as well as pediatrician Cooper Freedman, psychiatrist Violet Turner and Dr. Pete Wilder, who specializes in alternative medicine.
Without further ado, let's get into the core of each character.

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Addison Adrienne Forbes Montgomery is the main character in the TV series Grey's Anatomy and its spin-off show Private Practice in ABC. Addison is one of the most wanted neonatal surgeon with board certifications in both Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maternal and Fetal Medicine. The character is portrayed by actress Kate Walsh.

In the Season One, Addison is treated hostile by fellow practitioners, but she remains adamant till she was accepted by others. Addison finds a fleeting attraction in Pete Wilder, the practice's alternative medicine specialist but later accepts a date with Kevin, a police officer.

In season three, a series of incidents lead her to know about the promiscuity of both her parents.  She will be naturally stunned to realize how her parents have been lying to her for her entire life. She tries to handle it well as they leave, falling into her parents' own habit of acting like nothing is wrong.

Dr. Peter Wilder is a character played by actor Tim Daly. He was known to be a serial monogamist since the death of his wife. He had flirtatious relationship with Addison, but she declines as she was warned off by Sam.

Pete's relationship with his wife is somewhat ambiguous and he appears reluctant to discuss their marriage. Nevertheless, he gets romantically involved with a woman called Meg and with his Oceanside Wellness Center colleague Violet with whom he will have a so called Lucas.

When Pete finds that Violet slept with Addison's father, he becomes upset due to her infidelity. Later on Pete decides to forgive a doubtful Violet. After that Pete and Addison takes their relationship further, becoming a real couple. They pursued this even after Violet had returned and was ready for a real relationship with Pete and Lucas. In the season 3 finale, Addison tells Pete that he should be with Violet, and he seems to initiate a newfound relationship with Violet again. 

Naomi Bennett is played by Merrin Dungey in the backdoor pilot episode. Naomi is a fertility specialist and founding partner of the Oceanside Wellness Centre in L.A, where the series is set. She is the best friend of Addison and was married to the practice's internalist Sam (Taye Diggs), with whom she has a daughter.

Dr. Cooper Freedman is a pediatrician at the Oceanview Wellness Center, played by actor Paul Adelstein. Cooper has problems meeting women and finds it hard to mingle with people over the age of twelve (because of his profession). So instead of dating face-to-face, Cooper prefers internet dating. These online relationships almost never work out and he is always left humiliated. Despite all this, Cooper is still quite successful at his job.

Charlotte King is the Chief of Staff at the fictional St. Ambrose Hospital in Santa Monica as portrayed by KaDee Strickland. She has an "adversarial" role in the show and is responsible for opening Pacific Wellcare, a medical practice in direct competition with the series' main practice, the Oceanside Wellness Centre. Charlotte is also the love-interest of pediatrician Cooper Freedman.

Violet is a psychiatrist at the Oceanside Wellness Centre. Robert Bianco for USA Today has opined Violet (portrayed by Amy Brenneman) is the most intriguing of the show's supporting ensemble, both as an actor and a character. Though she tells her patients that happiness can be attained with focus, she fails to find any happiness in her own life. She has a failed relationship wit her boy friend Allan, Sheldon and her husband Pete with whom she has a son. Violet are good friends with Cooper, and often acts as savior in getting him out of awkward situations while dating women.

Dr. Sam Bennett, portrayed by Taye Diggs is a doctor with an international reputation and another founding partner of the Oceanside Wellness Group and the practice's internist. He is the author of the best-selling nonfiction, Body Language: The Mind-Body Connection which later on becomes the Best Seller.  

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